The Philippines’ Yuka Saso survived a nerve-wracking quarterfinal duel Friday with Japan’s Nasa Hataoka, winning their match play encounter, 1- up, to advance to the semifinals of the prestigious US Women’s Amateur Championship at Rolling Green Golf Club in Springfield, Pennsylvania.

Jay Bayron broke out of tie with Malaysian Gavin Green with a six-foot birdie on the 15th hole and went on to post a two-shot victory in the $100,000 Aboitiz Invitational crown yesterday at the East course of the Wack Wack Golf and Country Club in Mandaluyong.

Clyde Mondilla takes crack at the top two players in the Asian Development Tour Order of Merit ranking as the rising Filipino star drew No. 1 Pavit Tangkamolprasert of Thailand and No. 2 Johannes Veerman of the US at the start of the Aboitiz Invitational unfolding today at Wack Wack’s East course.

The crack Asian Development Tour field primes up not only for a four-day duel of shotmaking, iron play and putting with the local aces in the Aboitiz Invitational firing off tomorrow but also with the Wack Wack East course that has been spruced up to championship form for a true test of golf.

Princess Superal survived a frontside meltdown and bucked a late charge by New Jersey’s Karen Chung, winning the low amateur crown despite a closing three-over 75 in the Cactus Tour at Dinah Mission Hills in Rancho Mirage, California over the weekend.

Thunderstorms shut down the PGA Championship on Saturday before 10 players could even hit a shot, setting up what could be a long, wet and wild conclusion to the final major of the year — whenever it ends